Johanna “Wildoak” talked with arborist John Phillips of North Coast Tree Care in Willits about how to care for trees, natural or planted, in our landscapes. Topics include: - tree selection, planting, irrigation, root care, tree size - how to keep trees healthy - how to spot problems and what to do about them and other topics related to tree care.

Listen to Wildoak Living live every other Monday at 9am Pacific Time on Mendocino County Public Broadcasting (KZYX) --- live on the radio at 88.1, 90.7 and 91.5 in Mendocino County and in Northern Sonoma, Lake and Southern Humboldt counties. --- also live on the web at www.kzyx.org

Listen anytime to podcasts or share them with friends and find more information about topics and guests at www.wildoakliving.org.

Thank you for listening to Wildoak Living and for supporting public/community radio!

Vegetarian Nut and Cheese Loaf - (like a meat loaf without the meat) served with mashed potatoes and kale salad$15 (GF)

and for dessert:

Coconut Rice Pudding$5 (GF)

or

Sweet Potato Pie $5

]]>tbray@wildblue.net (Oak and Thorn)UncategorizedMon, 09 Feb 2015 08:03:55 -0800World Tour Playlist February 26th 2015http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/music-shows/world/world-tour/entry/world-tour-playlist-february-26th-2015
http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/music-shows/world/world-tour/entry/world-tour-playlist-february-26th-2015Sly and the Family Stone with Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) from Slly and The Family Stone Greatest Hits

Aretha Franklin with Baby, I Love You from Aretha's Best

Sam and Dave with Hold On I'm Comin from Soulsville, USA STAX Classics

Booker T and the MG's with Groovin from Soulsville, USA STAX Classics

Aretha Franklin with Chain of Fools from Aretha's Best

Sly and the Family Stone with Everyday People from Greatest Hits

Marvin Gaye with I Heard It Through The Grapevine from The Very Best of Marvin Gaye

Carla Thomas with B-A-B-Y from Soulsville USA

Booker T and the MG's with Green Onions from STAX 50th Anniversary Celebration

Next week we will have Pt 2 of the Rural Digital Divide show. We delayed the show a week in order to allow participation by AT&T. Next week we'll have a discussion with federal, state and local legislators about our rural telecommunication issues, and we'll hear listener comments and concerns that were called in to our News Line, 707.895.2324 ext. 107. It's not to late to weigh in. These comments are being shared with legislators and policymakers. That's the RURAL DIGITAL DIVIDE PT2 on MENDOCINO CURRENTS Thursday, March 5th at 9am, right here on KZYX.

On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an un-armed black teenager was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, MO. Several days of demonstrations followed, including a police responded that included riot gear, machine guns and armored vehicles. On November 24, a Grand Jury declined to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot Brown. On July 17, 2014, police on Staten Island, NYC arrested Eric Garner, un-armed, allegedly for selling loose cigarettes. In the process, Garner was choked, leading to his death. His last words were “I Can’t Breath.” On December 3, a grand jury declined to indict the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, who choked Garner to death.

As a result, there were protests nationwide, including massive street disruptions in NYC. In Mendocino, members of the girls’ basketball team at Mendocino High School wore “I Can’t Breath” tee- shirts for warm-ups before games (as had athletes nationwide – LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Andrew Hawkins, Reggie Bush, Derrick Rose, Kevin Garnett, etc). In response, the authorities at the Fort Bragg School District disinvited the Mendocino girls from its annual holiday basketball tournament. Massive publicity – NYT, Guardian, Washington Post, LA times, plus local protest, led the Fort Bragg authorities to relent, though they maintained their position, and in the event the Mendocino girls were effectively removed from the tournament – another team had replaced them.

In these four programs we take an in-depth look at the issues involved in the police killings in Ferguson and Staten Island – two killings among many. And we consider the movements in response. In our first segment we talk with Kiera Poehlmann of the Mendocino High School Girls Varsity Basketball team and Thenjiwe McHarris, a “Black Lives Matter” organizer from New York City. Follow this link to listen to an archive of this program.

In the second we talk with Alex Vitale, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College, CUNY, an expert on police and policing. Follow this link to listen to an archive of Part 2.

In part three, we speak with three law professors from UCLA, Devon Carbado, Kimberle Crenshaw and Cheryl Harris, all authorities on race and the criminal justice system. And in part four we talk with Professor Robin G.D. Kelley, professor of US history at UCLA about the origins and persistence of racism in the United States and its impact on law enforcement and criminal justice today. Follow this linkto listen to an archive of Part 3.

In addition to possible internal interference from a key component of our 90.7 transmitter called the "exciter," we discovered today that when a specific combination of radios from the State of California come on, they cause loud fuzzy interference with our 90.7 signal (and at times even a smaller amount of fuzz to the 91.5 signal). While Rich was up at the tower, some technicians for the State came up there to work on their radios. It was then that they saw the State radios causing the interference.

The State technicians did a few things on their end to reduce that interference, which made a sizable difference. On our end we are going to install our backup exciter for the 90.7 transmitter so we can refurbish the original unit.

]]>gm@kzyx.org (John Coate)UncategorizedTue, 24 Feb 2015 11:48:00 -0800Sonic Blender List 2/24/15http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/music-shows/americana/the-sonic-blender/entry/sonic-blender-list-22415
http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/music-shows/americana/the-sonic-blender/entry/sonic-blender-list-22415Hey y'all! It's snowing here in Atlanta, but it ain't as bad as loosing all the 90.7 listeners today due to the transmitter glitch. Well I hope you will stream it as I'm in here listening to KZYX streaming loud and clear the following tunes:

We ordered a replacement fan system that will arrive at SFO at about 12:30 PM Sunday. We, probably I, will pick it up. We are waiting to hear back from the factory as to the size and weight of the package to determine which vehicle we need to use. The cost is a little more than $1600.

Rich and I went back up to the transmitter a couple of hours ago to see how the fan was holding up. Our transmitter has two settings: high power and low power. As you might expect, at high power the fan blows at high speed and at low power, at a lower (though still pretty high) speed. This is a big transmitter - as big as an average refrigerator. And the cooling fan is as big as the radiator fan in a large vehicle. The fan motor is a beefy 3-phase 220 volt motor. The electronics involved in switching the speeds back and forth are pretty sophisticated too and they use big-sized capacitors.

When we went back up there we discovered that at low power/low speed, the fan was behaving normally without unusual noises such as we had experienced at 7 AM that shut it down. So we turned the transmitter back to high power and the fan did not go up to high speed. So we think that 1. we did the right thing ordering the new fan system because we can't go back to full power without it and 2. the messed-up fan electronics may have been what caused the fuzzy scratch noise. We are not sure about #2 but we have not heard the bad noise much beyond something comparatively slight since we went to low power/low fan.

So that's where we are right now. Seems pretty stable until we get the new parts. We will then take the old fan system and rebuild it and keep it as a backup because the 91.5 transmitter uses the same system and it will surely blow out too.

11 AM Saturday: The big blower that cools the transmitter failed at 7 AM this morning. A ground wire broke. Rich put that bad wire back together so it is now working but the blower unit itself is not turning true so is likely to fail altogether. That is what we think caused the wire to break in the first place. We located a replacement from the manufacturer. The fastest way we can get it for them to take it to the St. Louis airport where they put it on a plane and we go get it at SFO. it will cost at least $1600 for this - $1100 for the part and 500 for shipping. The shipping could be more, we don't yet know. The 500 is a ballpark they gave us. There is a strong chance it will fail before we get the replacement. But this is the best we can do.

]]>jimmy@pacific.net (Humble Pie)UncategorizedSat, 21 Feb 2015 13:27:56 -0800Consider This: February 20, 2015 - Kevin Kellyhttp://www.kzyx.org/index.php/entry/consider-this-february-20-2015-kevin-kelly
http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/entry/consider-this-february-20-2015-kevin-kellyOn this program we have a conversation with Kevin Kelly, co-founder, former editor, and now Senior Maverick of Wired Magazine; author of numerous books about the cultural consequences of technology; consultant on the movie Minority Report; board member of The Long Now Foundation; and former editor of The Whole Earth Review. We talk today about his most recent book, a graphic novel, The Silver Cord, which has been described as a techno-thriller, a spiritual fantasy, and a coming-of-age story and superhero myth. It explores one possibility of merging the technological and the spiritual.

]]>Katharine@katharinecole.com (Katharine Cole)UncategorizedTue, 17 Feb 2015 14:12:24 -0800Music Without Borders (Music) with Joel Cohen 02/16/2015http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/music-shows/classical/music-without-borders/entry/music-without-borders-music-with-joel-cohen-02162015
http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/music-shows/classical/music-without-borders/entry/music-without-borders-music-with-joel-cohen-0216201510:07AM-10:15AM (8:25) Nina Schumann & Luis Magalhães “Russian Rhapsody” composed by Sergei RACHMANINOFF from Complete Works for Two Pianos (2007) on Universal Music Portugal 10:21AM-10:24AM (3:00) Aria Di Salvio “She's Sweetest When She's Naked” composed by Trad. from The Phoenix (2007) on Half Dome Records Local 10:24AM-10:27AM (3:00) Aria Di Salvio “Hasse A's” composed by Roger Tallroth from The Phoenix (2007) on Half Dome Records Local 10:29AM-10:32AM (3:10) Aria Di Salvio “the phoenix” composed by Lien/Rasch from The Phoenix (2007) on Half Dome Records Local 10:45AM-10:48AM (3:00) Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O'Reilly “Sonata No.3 in A major; I Allegro ma non tanto” composed by Ludwig van Beethoven from Beethoven, period. on Pentatone New 11:08AM-11:14AM (5:56) Rachel Barton Pine and Alasdair Fraser, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Platt, conductor “Medley of Scots Tunes” composed by trad from Scottish Fantasies on Cedille 11:20AM-11:24AM (4:00) Crooked Still “Low Down and Dirty” from Still Crooked (2008) on Signature Sounds Recordings 11:31AM-11:36AM (5:19) Oregon “Pepe Linque” composed by Glen Moore from Beyond Words (1995) on Chesky Local 11:45AM-11:50AM (5:15) Peter & Zoltan Katona “Sonata in e minor” composed by Domenico Scarlatti from Scarlatti/Handel on Canal Grande 11:53AM-12:00PM (6:21) Jeremy Kittel “The Curious Beetle Medley” composed by Trad/Jeremy Kittel from Chasing Sparks (2010) on Fiddlesticks Music Reply, Reply All or Forward | More Click to reply all]]>joelcello@yahoo.com (Music Without Borders)UncategorizedMon, 16 Feb 2015 12:12:32 -0800Use 91.5 If You Can Tune It Inhttp://www.kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/station-business/general-managers-blog/entry/use-915-if-you-can-tune-it-in
http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/station-business/general-managers-blog/entry/use-915-if-you-can-tune-it-inThere is an intermittent noise problem with the 90.7 transmitter that we are trying to get repaired. Until we do, tune your radio to 91.5. Most parts of the county can receive it. ]]>gm@kzyx.org (John Coate)UncategorizedThu, 12 Feb 2015 22:20:07 -0800Wildoak Living Mon Feb 16 at 9am: Sarah van Gelder about SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS and YES! Magazinehttp://www.kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/self-help-and-sustainability/wildoak-living/entry/wildoak-living-mon-feb-16-at-9am-sarah-van-gelder-about-sustainable-happiness-and-yes-magazine
http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/self-help-and-sustainability/wildoak-living/entry/wildoak-living-mon-feb-16-at-9am-sarah-van-gelder-about-sustainable-happiness-and-yes-magazineJoin Johanna "Wildoak" on the next live broadcast of Wildoak Living, the radio program about living sustainably in Mendocino County and beyond.

The next live program airs on Mendocino County Public Broadcasting (KZYX)on Monday, February 16 at 9am PST.

Program Topic:

Sustainable HappinessLive Simply, Live Well, Make a Difference

I will talk with Sarah van Gelder, editor of Sustainable Happiness and cofounder of YES! Magazine. Sustainable Happiness addresses the profound question of what is true happiness if it doesn’t include the happiness of others and the health of a living planet? We’re bombarded by messages telling us that more, bigger, and better things are the keys to happiness — but after we pile up the stuff and pile on the hours we end up exhausted and broke on a planet full of trash.

With contributions by writers like Annie Leonard (Story of Stuff), restorative justice expert Fania Davis, buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, and biodiversity advocate Vandana Shiva, Sustainable Happiness features some of the most insightful and eloquent thinkers the people at YES! Magazine have worked with on the meaning, and pursuit, of happiness. The essays in Sustainable Happiness offer creative ways to cultivate a happiness that is sustainable in every sense: one that is nurturing, enduring, just, and life-affirming for individuals, society, and the earth.

This program will kick off KZXY's winter pledge drive. We will offer a copies of Sustainable Happiness and subscriptions to YES! Magazine as thank you gifts for your pledge of support to KZYX. Please support your public radio station. You can donate to KZYX and become a member anytime at www.kzyx.org or call us during this program at 707 895 2233 and join the fun at pledge drive!

If you have questions you'd like me to address with Sarah during the interview, please email them to contact@wildoak.org

Here is what others have said about Sustainable Happiness:“I love this beautiful compilation of voices reminding us that happiness isn’t something we “find.” It’s what we become as we align our lives with thriving community and life-giving earth.” — Frances Moore Lappé, best-selling author

"The staff at YES! Magazine, and its cofounder van Gelder take issue with the belief that more stuff equals greater happiness and here propose a model that nurtures community, a sense of gratitude, and the environment. After making their case, the authors present ways of promoting well-being that include sharing expensive tools, taking a break from technology, and being a good neighbor. They also focus on improving oneself with such behaviors as being mindful of the present, kicking addictions, spending time with loved ones, and simply saying "hello" to people normally taken for granted. VERDICT Akin to Conari Press's Random Acts of Kindness, this work offers more depth as to why the gentler, simple way is better for everyone." — Library Journal

“Somehow a working planet, a thriving society, and a satisfying personal life are hitched together--and this fine volume offers powerful clues on the search for those connections!” — Bill McKibben, author and environmental leader

“The Sustainable Happiness volume delivers inspiration for your personal journey of joy and well-being as you navigate 'the pursuit of happiness' in a deeply troubled world. Read this book for the wisdom it contains. It will nourish your soul.” — Parker J. Palmer, author of Healing the Heart of Democracy, Let Your Life Speak, and A Hidden Wholeness

Listen to Wildoak Living live every other Monday at 9am Pacific Time on Mendocino County Public Broadcasting (KZYX) --- live on the radio at 88.1, 90.7 and 91.5 in Mendocino County and in Northern Sonoma, Lake and Southern Humboldt counties. --- also live on the web at www.kzyx.org

Listen anytime to podcasts or share them with friends and find more information about topics and guests at www.wildoakliving.org.

Thank you for listening to Wildoak Living and for supporting public/community radio!

10:45AM-10:48AM (2:45) Ian and Sylvia “You Were on My Mind” from Greatest Folk Singers of the Sixties on Vanguard

10:48AM-10:51AM (3:04) Peter Paul and Mary “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine” from Around the Campfire on Warner Brothers

10:51AM Set break

10:53AM-10:57AM (4:01) Riders In the Sky “Back in the Saddle Again” from Silver Jubilee (2003) on Acoustic Disc

]]>jimmy@pacific.net (Humble Pie)UncategorizedSat, 14 Feb 2015 12:08:05 -0800Consider This: February 13, 2015 - Trying Not to Try & Spontaneityhttp://www.kzyx.org/index.php/entry/consider-this-february-13-2015-trying-not-to-try
http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/entry/consider-this-february-13-2015-trying-not-to-tryMy guest today is Edward Slingerland, professor of Asian Studies and the Canada Research Chair in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition at the University of British Columbia. He is an internationally renowned expert in Chinese thought, comparative religion, and cognitive science. He has written more than 20 academic articles, and several books. His most recent book is Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity.